Siding tie



Jan. 12, 1943. .5, H. TUMMINS SIDI'NG TIE gwuwwtom SAMUEL H. EMM/NsFiled Feb. 10, 1941 Patented Jan. 12, 194-3 SIDING TIE Samuel H.Tummins, Houston, Tex.

Application February 10, 1941, Serial No. 378,203

Claims.

This invention relates to a siding tie.

An object of the invention is to provide a tie, or fastener, speciallydesigned for securing siding units, or shingles, to the wall supportingstructure.

Another object of the invention is to provide a siding tie which is ofsufiicient flexibility to allow movement of the siding due to variations,initemperature without disrupting the tie.

'5 is another object of the invention to provide siding tie which willbe completely concealed the siding.

still further object of the invention is to provide siding fasteningmeans of such construction as to facilitate the erection of the sidingon the will supporting structure and which will allow removal of thesiding without injury thereto.

With the above and other objects in view the invention has particularrelation to certain novel features of construction, arrangement of partsand use, an example of which is given in this specification andillustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein- Figure 1 shows afragmentary side elevation of a wall structure embodying the invention.

Figure 2 shows a vertical, sectional view thereof.

Figure 3 shows an enlarged, fragmentary, elevational view.

Figure 4 shows an enlarged, fragmentary, secing wherein like numerals ofreference designate the same parts in each of the figures, the numeral ldesignates the tie plate whose lower portion la is retracted intoparallel relation with the portion I and is spaced therefrom to providea deep groove 2 between them. The upper edge of the retracted portion Iais overturned outwardly at right angles to said retracted portion andits free margin II) is downwardly turned thus providing a downwardlyfacing groove 3.

The plate I has a row of perforations, or nail holes 4, spaced apartlongitudinally therealong. The plate is adapted to be fitted against andsecured to the wall supporting structure. This structure may be formedof upper and lower plates as 5, 6 with the spaced upright studding Ibetween them to which the siding may be fastened directly or the wallsupporting structure may also include sheathing as 8 fastened to theframework formed of the plates 5, 6 and studding 1.

This sheathing may be formed of the ordinary wooden boards commonlyknown as ship-lap or it may be formed of thin sheets of compositionmaterial arranged as shown in Figure 1.

If the sheath is formed of ship-lap the fastening plates I may be naileddirectly thereto, the nails being driven through the holes 4. However,if the sheathing is formed of the thin composition material the nailsshould be driven into the studding I; therefore, the nail holes areprovided entirely along the fastening plates I from end to end thereofand spaced a distance apart so that some of them will be opposite thestudding I and nails may be driven therethrough into the studding incase no sheathing is used or in case a thin sheathing is used.

The fastening plate I may be made of any practical length.

The type of siding tie herein described has been specially designed foruse in the erection of siding which is formed of composition shingles,or siding units, such as 9.

Each shingle has one or more clips fastened to its inner side near, butslightly above, its lower margin. Each clip is formed of thin metal,platelike in form. It has an anchor portion Ill which lies against andis secured to the siding unit. It also has an offset portion H and adownwardly directed free portion I2 which is spaced from and parallelwith the inner surface of the siding unit. This is clearly shown inFigures 4 and 5.

In erection the plate I is secured against the lower portion of the wallsupporting structure as shown in Figure 1 and the lower tier of sidingunits are then erected in place in end to end relation by inserting thefree portions or tongues I2 into the groove 2. Another plate I may thenbe positioned on the upper margins of said tier of units with said uppermargins being fitted into the groove 3 of said last mentioned plate, asalso shown in Figure 1 and said last mentioned plate may be nailed tothe wall supporting structure in the manner hereinabove explained andthe erection of the siding may he proceeded with as above explaineduntil the wall is completed, with the lower margin of each tieroverlapping the upper margin of the tier beneath.

It is obvious that should it be desired to dismantle the building thesiding units may be readily removed beginning at the upper tier andproceeding downwardly without substantial injury to said units, it beingonly necessary to withdraw the nails securing the plate I at the uppermargin of any tier of units or shingles in order to release said tierand to permit its removal.

The plates 1 may be secured in place by ordinary nails as l3 while thetie clips may be fastened to the shingles by rivets as 14.

The drawing and description are illustrativ merely While the broadprinciple of the invention will be defined by the appended claims.

What I claim is:

l. A siding tie comprising a wall plate having an upwardly facing grooveto receive the free end of a sliding clip and having a downwardly facinggroove to receive the upper margin of the sliding units and a clipadapted .to be secured to a sliding unit and having a free end directedto fit into said upwardly facing groove.

2. A siding tie comprising a transverse plate having an upwardly and adownwardly facing groove and a siding clip formed with a tongue to fitinto the upwardly facing groove and an anchor portion for attachment toa siding unit.

3. A siding tie comprising a transverse plate having means for attachingthe same to a wall supporting structure and shaped to receive one marginof a tier of siding units and to receive the free margins of sidingclips, and a siding clip attachable to a unit of another tier of sidingunits and having a free portion engageable with said plate with themargin of said last mentioned tier overlapping the adjacent margin ofthe other tier.

4. A siding tie comprising a transverse plate formed with a downwardlyfacing groove to receive the upper margins of the siding units of a tierbeneath and also having an upwardly facing groove, clips secured to anupper tier of siding units and having free ends engageable in saidupwardly facing groove and arranged to hold the adjacent margins of thetiers in overlapping relation.

5. A tie of the character described comprising a transverse plate havingmeans for attaching the same to a supporting element and shaped toengage and fit over the upper margins of the units of a tier of siding,clips independent of the plate having means thereon attachable to theunits of another tier of siding and having free ends, said plate beingshaped to receive and interlock with said free ends to maintain theadjacent margins of the tiers in overlapping relation.

SAMUEL H. TUMMINS.

CERTIFICATE OFYYCORRECIION. Patent N0. "2,508,l29.' January 12,1915.

SAMUEL H. TUNIIINS.

It is hereby certified that error appears-in the printed'specificationof the above nul nbe'red patent requiringpprretion as follows: Page 2first column, lines 12, 11; and 15 for ,"sliding" read -s'1d1ng-j-; thatthe said Letters Patent should be read with this correction thereinthat'the 'same'may conform tothe record of the case in the PatentOffice.

Signed and seaied this 6th day of April; A. D. 19115.

Henry Van Arsdale, (Seal) Acting Commissioner of Patents,

